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William Tyndale (ca. 1494–1536) made an enormous contribution to the Reformation in England. Many would say that he made the contribution by translating the Bible into English and overseeing its publication. One biographer, Brian Edwards, states that not only was Tyndale "the heart of the Reformation in England," he...
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In the 1980s, I was involved with the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, which sought to call the church and the church's scholars back to a firm defense of the inspiration and infallibility of Holy Writ. There was a New Testament professor at one of the largest seminaries in America who had abandoned the doctrine and was teaching his students that no one could believe in the inerrancy of sacred Scripture because there is a clear mistake in Mark 4:30-32.
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Eschatology moves to the foreground in 1 Corinthians 15. Here Paul turns his full attention to the doctrine of the resurrection. The question to which Paul is responding is not stated explicitly until verse 12. Paul informs us there that some of the Corinthians were saying that "there is no resurrection of the dead." As we examine the text it will become clear that what they were denying was the future bodily resurrection of believers. Paul makes very clear in this chapter how central the doctrine of the resurrection is to the Christian faith. His argument proceeds in two stages. In verses 1–34, he demonstrates the reality of the resurrection of the dead. In verses 35–58, he explains how it is that the bodily resurrection of believers is possible.
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It has been an encouraging weekend in Seattle as almost 3,000 saints gathered to stand firm as Drs. Lawson, MacArthur, and Sproul boldly proclaimed several key doctrines that define true Christianity.
The sessions will be available to stream for free in the weeks to come, but here is a slideshow of some of the snapshots taken during this year's West Coast Conference.
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Yesterday, close to 3,000 Christians gathered in Seattle, WA, for our 2012 West Coast Conference with Drs. Steven Lawson, John MacArthur, and R.C. Sproul. It is a blessing to see so many gather for instruction and to stand firm with us in the foundational truths of the Christian faith.
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God tells us in Exodus 20 that He will visit "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me," (verse 5). That might settle the issue, but then God also told us this, "In those days they shall say no more: ' The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'" (Jeremiah 31:29). Does this mean that there was, in the old covenant, familial curses, and that in the new they no longer exist? I think not.
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In this series, we have been discussing Dr. R.C. Sproul's answer to a question about the age of the universe during the Q&A at Ligonier's 2012 National Conference. In our last post, we looked at the geocentricity of Martin Luther and John Calvin in order to expand on Dr. Sproul's point regarding past mistakes Christians have made in their understanding of God's creation. Dr. Sproul argued that the church was able to learn from nonbelieving scientists who studied God's created works. For Reformed Christians, this raises several questions related to the Fall and its impact on human reasoning.
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